Kaizer Chiefs on social media had a field day in mocking the name of the club's Nedbank Cup opponents, Free Agents FC.
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Amakhosi have been drawn to face Gauteng's ABC Motsepe League side, Free Agents FC, in the last 32 of the 2025 Nedbank Cup, following the fixture announcement on Thursday evening.
Chiefs will host their third-tier opponents during the weekend of 25-27 January in what promises to be an intriguing match, pitting one of Africa's football giants against the lower-league minnows from Eesterus in Pretoria.
Recent seasons have seen Chiefs struggle to advance past the last 32, which serves as the opening round for Betway Premiership teams, with three defeats in the last four campaigns.
With Amakhosi being the most successful club in the competition's history with 13 titles, the pressure will be on Nasreddine Nabi and his team to improve on last season's performance and secure silverware for the first time in a decade.
In reacting to the Nedbank Cup last 32 draw, the online Khosi Nation and other local fans couldn't help but point out the irony of Chiefs facing, a club named 'Free Agents FC', which has been used as a slander nickname for the Soweto Giants on Twitter/X.
In recent years, the Glamour Boys have explored the free agents market to recruit players, prompting supporters to criticise the club for not taking as many financial risks in the transfer market to compete with rivals Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns.
Here's how the fans reacted to Chiefs drawing Free Agents FC:
The irony Kaizer Chiefs playing Free Agents FC ??????
— Lindani Nsindane ???? (@Lindani_Nsindan) January 9, 2025
Jesus!!
— Max_ (@sphahlanga) January 9, 2025
I thought this was banter ?? ??
.waitse I thought this was satire. pic.twitter.com/OzE4v3yXrl
— Genius Loves Company. (@thisistp_) January 10, 2025
Dear @KaizerChiefs, we have lost Nedbank Cup games to lower-level teams before, but WE CANNOT lose to a team named Free Agents FC. Please make sure this does not happen.
— Yaaqov Yisrael (@Jamaleric) January 9, 2025
Pleaseeeee????
Not "Free Agents FC"?????????????? anyway ????
— Yoli?? (@Yoleka_Ntuli) January 9, 2025
We loose this game we'll be heavily cooked ????
— KhayaLesizwe®? (@KhayaLesizwe) January 9, 2025
We win it,we'll be cooked again ??????
But yeeey I prefer being cooked for winning than losing ?????????? pic.twitter.com/t7YsEf5ug8
?? ?? ?? Funny enough, when I saw teams that have qualified for last 32 yesterday I said should draw schedule a KC game against this team, people will say vele we like free agents ??
— Deep_Soul_Fistos Khondlo, Yeyeye (@Fistos_q) January 9, 2025
This name is already giving me no peace at all pic.twitter.com/usy3W200f7
— Tonny Chauke ka Tomu (@TonnyChauke2) January 9, 2025
We are about to witness Free agents derby
— The_BlackRock (@TheBlackRock07) January 9, 2025
?????? ?? the name "Free Agents" is a resemblance of Kaizer Chiefs.
— Isinamuva (@iamtbo_09_touch) January 9, 2025
Wow isn't it ironic that we're labelled as Free agents fc????
— Thixo wamaXhosa ???? (@Cmbo97) January 9, 2025
We are playing against 1 of our nicknames ..????
— The Bearded Ndima ya Shango (@MphoMatamela) January 9, 2025
Footie Twitter gods have a wicked sense of humour cause what is this? https://t.co/2rFRQWtT5M pic.twitter.com/fabW2GOkQ1
— Thatishi (@thatishi) January 9, 2025
Jokes practically write themselves about us! ?????? https://t.co/H2gJxOTqdY
— Zakhele Mtolo (@Zakhele) January 9, 2025
So we're playing against ourselves??????????? https://t.co/VWDMZGkL5B pic.twitter.com/rhArYiLUZf
— Njivana (@njivana) January 9, 2025
The irony https://t.co/npL2ltfZvM pic.twitter.com/3Ufv5qb8VN
— Lutho Noyila (@Lutho_Noyila) January 9, 2025
If it wasn't posted by official account I would've thought this is a joke ???? https://t.co/c9lBqCHNz5
— F For Philosophy (@Dzedzaa) January 9, 2025
